You Can Soon Poll Your Friends About Anything You Want on Twitter

If you spend lots of time on Twitter (and who doesn't?), you've likely seen a tweet that looks something like this: "Are you watching #ScreamQueens? RT if yes, Fav if no. " It's always been kind of a clunky way to get opinions on things, and usually it's just a clever way to get more retweets and favorites on your tweets.

When you start writing a tweet, you can now create a two-choice poll, which will stay live within your tweet for 24 hours. And when you see a poll in your feed, you can vote on it, though your vote will be kept totally secret. When the poll reaches its 24-hour closing time, anyone who voted will get a push notification to remind them of the results.

The feature will start rolling out over the next few days, and will be available on iOS, Android, and desktop. But Wired points out that you can only create and see polls if you're using an official Twitter app, or on Twitter.com on the desktop. So if you're using an app like Tweetdeck to read tweets, you're out of luck—and you'll just see a random question appear in a tweet without a poll for context. But if you're on an official app, get ready for lots of tweets like this: